Stephanie Houghton is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Culture at Kochi Women's University in southern Japan. Having taught English as a Foreign Language in both Japan and the Czech Republic since 1993, she graduated with a Doctor of Philoso
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Stephanie Houghton is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Culture at Kochi Women's University in southern Japan. Having taught English as a Foreign Language in both Japan and the Czech Republic since 1993, she graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy in Education from Durham University in northern England in June 2008. She was also an intern for two months in the Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue at UNESCO in Paris in spring 2004. Her main research interest lies in the development of intercultural communicative competence through English language education. She also takes an interest in minority issues in Japan, with particular regard to employment discrimination based on native-speaker status.
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